Psalm 140:3

The Scriptures 1998

They sharpen their tongues like a snake; The poison of cobras is under their lips. Selah.

Cross References

Genesis 3:13

And יהוה  Elohim said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” And the woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”

Psalm 57:4

My being is in the midst of lions; I lie among those who breathe fire, Whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue is a sharp sword.

Psalm 58:4

Their poison is like the poison of a snake; Like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,

Psalm 59:7

See, they belch out with their mouth, Swords are in their lips, For who is listening?

Proverbs 12:18

Rash speaking is like piercings of a sword, But the tongue of the wise is healing.

Proverbs 23:32

In the end it bites like a snake, And stings like an adder –

Proverbs 6:14

Perverseness is in his heart, Plotting evil at all times, He sends out strife.

Isaiah 59:13

transgressing, and being untrue to יהוה, and turning away from our Elohim, speaking oppression and apostasy, conceiving and pondering words of falsehood from the heart.

Jeremiah 9:3

“And they bend their tongue like a bow. Falsehood, and not truth, prevails on the earth. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they have not known Me,” declares יהוה.

Jeremiah 9:5

“And everyone deceives his neighbour, and no one speaks the truth. They have taught their tongue to speak falsehood, and have wearied themselves to crook.

Lamentations 3:62

The lips of those rising against me, And their scheming against me all the day.

Matthew 12:34

“Brood of adders! How are you able to speak what is good – being wicked? For the mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart.

2 Corinthians 11:3

But I am afraid, lest, as the serpent deceived Ḥ